Real-Life Advice: How These Women Keep Their Endometriosis Under Control 18 February 2018 by TORI CROWTHER Endometriosis is a condition that affects one in 10 women in the UK, yet not many people know what it is, let alone know how to learn to live with it. Endometriosis is a condition in which pieces of […]

‘Ask Me About My Uterus’ insists that doctors take women’s pain seriously by Erin Blakemore March 11 Something was stabbing Abby Norman from the inside. As she took what she would later call the worst shower of her life, the college sophomore experienced a wave of excruciating abdominal pain. It would take years for doctors […]

Why Do We Know So Little About Endometriosis? By Nina Bahadur March 7, 2018 4:00 pm Endometriosis is one of those things you’ve likely heard of but may not know much about. And that’s not your fault; the condition itself is sort of mysterious—even though as many as one in 10 women have it, according […]

I am sharing the article below because women with endometriosis have a higher chance of developing cancer of the ovaries, uterus, breast, brain and endocrine system, as well as Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. It Looked Like a Familiar Case of Depression, but Could It Be Something Else? By LISA SANDERS, M.D. JAN. 18, 2018 “Have you been […]

A life of pain: One Las Cruces woman’s journey with endometriosis Diana Alba Soular, Las Cruces Sun-News March 1, 2018 Las Crucen Dolores “Doe” Gallegos, 47, suffers persistent, often-crippling pain, all thanks — or no thanks, rather — to a disorder called endometriosis. Gallegos was first diagnosed when she was a student at New Mexico State […]

Trust Your Instincts When It Comes to Your Health November 6, 2017 by Shireen Hand Having lived with the symptoms of endometriosis for about 21 years now ― 12 of those diagnosed ― I’ve had my fair share of moments when I’ve felt that things do not feel quite right with my health. I’ve questioned a diagnosis […]

How Women on the Internet Help Me Navigate Endometriosis February 28, 2018 by Tori Crowther After my endometriosis diagnosis, I honestly didn’t know where to start when it came to alternative treatment options. I’d already had surgery, which did help my symptoms, but I was by no means cured. I found myself needing more than […]

What Does Endometriosis Feel Like? February 26, 2018 by Shireen Hand It’s difficult to describe pain. When we talk to our doctors, we usually try to describe pain with words like “sharp” or “dull,” or by using a pain scale from one to 10. I’ve never felt I’ve been able to fully convey how endometriosis […]

Endometriosis: Pain so bad I wanted to die was not just ‘bad periods’ By Kathryn Perrott Updated 20 Mar 2016, 8:18pm Endometriosis is a debilitating chronic disease affecting one in 10 women, but few know what it is and many go undiagnosed for up to 10 years. For Endometriosis Awareness Month, Kathryn Perrott shares her […]

Naturopathic Doctors Look Bad After California Woman Dies From Turmeric Injection By Britt Marie Hermes “I cover medical pseudoscience as an ex-naturopath.” March 27, 2017 A San Diego woman, Jade Erick, 30, recently died of cardiopulmonary arrest after receiving an intravenous injection of turmeric, a common spice in Indian food. Until the medical examiner’s investigation […]